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Locality Name:
Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 49446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Imsøy Feldspar Quarry
Lindesnes Peninsula Quartz Quarry
Midbo Feldspar Deposit
Njevre
Ramslandvågen Quarries
Romedal Feldspar Deposit
Spangereid
Svinør
Vigeland

Latitude: 58°2'58"N
Longitude: 7°10'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.049444444444,7.1797222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleBastnäsiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskite
PyriteQuartzSchoepiteSpinelTitaniteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clarkeite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21945853419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1945858803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)194585706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21945852162
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F194585304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181945854286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19458527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219458527198
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O19458518
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1945858173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6194585414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21945859617
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O19458561
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319458514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31945855433
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O194585198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419458514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219458512537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1945854924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21945855800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219458517380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O194585306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219458539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219458561156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8194585353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31945851214
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)394579,94581,945851006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1945854899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21945852718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O194585890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1945855251



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